Yonelunas joins Sampogna Contracting as project manager

CONSTRUCTION

Professional engineer Brett Yonelunas joined Sampogna Contracting in Westbury as a project manager. Yonelunas most recently served as the department manager for real estate due diligence and project engineer for civil engineering projects at Gibbons, Esposito, & Boyce Engineers/HiRise Engineering of Uniondale.

FULFILLMENT SERVICES

Fulfillment Plus Inc. in Holtsville brought Danielle LaRuffa aboard as an account executive. LaRuffa, who will oversee the client service department and coordinate marketing operations, was previously a marketing specialist for Henry Schein Inc. in Melville.

Leslie Tayne

Donna Drake

LAW

Leslie Tayne, a financial attorney who practices in Melville, was appointed vice chair of the Nassau County Bar Association’s attorneys and accountants committee.

MEDIA

JVC Media of Ronkonkoma tapped Donna Drake as director of client services for its four Long Island radio stations. The industry veteran most recently served as president of the production company Drake Media.

NONPROFITS

Elena Schwartz

Jake Kraus

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Long Island has a new CEO. Mark Cox, who previously served as chief development officer for the Levittown-based nonprofit, will now lead the staff of nearly 100 employees. He succeeds William Tymann, who will retire in September after 34 years with the agency.

John R. Durso was elected chairman of the board of directors of the United Way of Long Island, a Deer Park-based charity. Durso is president of Local 338, RWDSU/UFCW and the Long Island Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO.

Temple Sinai of Roslyn welcomed Elena Schwartz as religious school director and Jake Kraus as assistant youth director and music specialist. Previously, Schwartz was assistant cantor at Temple Emanu-El in Westfield, N.J., and cantor and director of the Torah School for Monroe Temple Beth-El in Monroe, N.Y. Kraus is the former head song leader at URJ Camp Eisner of Washington Township, N.J., and Camp Kutz of Warwick, N.Y.

The Maurer Foundation in Hauppauge welcomed James Alterbaum to its board of directors. Alterbaum is a partner at the law firm of Moses & Singer, which has an office in Great Neck.

Linda Ugenti

Alexis Siegel

The North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center announced three additions to its board of directors. Zahid Syed of the Nassau County Commission on Human Rights will join Roslyn resident Linda Ugenti and Port Washington resident Alexis Siegel in serving the Roslyn Heights-based nonprofit.

Mid-Island Y JCC in Plainview announced the election of Allan Blum as president of the board of trustees. Blum served as treasurer for the past two years. Ann Dorman, president for the past four years, will remain on the board as vice president. Sharon Fierstein is the newly elected treasurer, while Meredith Brake will fill the role of associate treasurer. Lynda Feldman was named a board member.

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Jeanne P. Kelley and Patricia M. Schaubeck were promoted to executive vice presidents at Suffolk County National Bank in Riverhead. Kelley serves as the bank’s chief risk officer, while Schaubeck is general counsel and corporate secretary.

William Ayers joined the business banking group at Astoria Federal Savings in Lake Success as director of relationship management. The most recent role in Ayers’ 27-year banking career was as senior vice president in the middle market banking group at Capital One Bank.

Bethpage Federal Credit Union engaged Jack Bransfield, the former president of Roslyn Savings Bank, as a consultant. Bransfield will work with the credit union on community outreach programs in addition to providing counsel on real estate and development initiatives.

EDUCATION

Kathy Weiss was appointed to the Nassau Community College board of trustees by Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Weiss is an adjunct professor of education at LIU Post in Brookville and a special compliance officer for sexual harassment, ethnic harassment and workplace discrimination for school districts in Nassau and Suffolk counties.

ACCOUNTING

Raich Ende Malter & Co. in East Meadow promoted Jodi Bloom-Piccione, Gigi Boudreaux and Brian Thaw to principals in the tax department. Bloom-Piccione specializes in providing tax and consulting services to real estate clients and high-net-worth individuals, while Boudreaux is a specialist in tax and consulting services for small businesses. Thaw provides tax and business advisory services to clients in manufacturing, distribution, real estate and other industries.

Gordon Siess assumed the role of partner-in-charge of not-for-profit services at Baker Tilly Virchow Krause. Based in the firm’s Melville office, Siess previously was partner-in-charge of not-for-profit services at Holtz Rubenstein Reminick, which merged with Baker Tilly last month.

CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE

The Huntington Township Chamber of Commerce welcomed three new members to its board of directors. Robert Ansell is a partner at the law firm Silverman Acampora, while Jack Palladino is an owner of Christopher’s Courtyard Café and Palladino Properties Inc. The third new director is Joe Maddalone, president of JoeMaddalone-Power Strategies.

HOME FURNISHINGS

Sleepy’s in Hicksville appointed Elizabeth Murphy to the role of snooze director. A 2011 Queens College graduate, Murphy took on responsibility for communicating bedding and sleep tips and managing the company’s social media channels.